Joe Biden, Democratic Senator from Delaware, has decided to run for President. I'll take Dennis Kucinich for my longshot, thank you.

First off, Joe's got some lingering issues from when he plagiarized a speech from a British MP back in 1988. And now, he's come out swinging against black people. In an interview with the New York Observer, Biden had this to say about Barack Obama:

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

Wow.

So, how does this read?

a) "you got the first mainstream African-American running for president who just happens to be articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy" OR
b) "you got the first articulate and bright African-American running for president"

Because there's no other way I can see to interpret that statement. And even if you go with (a), you're completely forgetting that Carol Mosely Braun, who represented Illinois (the 5th most populous state) ran in 2004, and Jesse Jackson won 11 primaries in one of his runs. Not exactly not mainstream. Or, are you calling both of them not "articulate and bright and clean"?

Good one, Joe.

-pb